GIRLS BASKETBALL: Greencastle-Antrim tops Waynesboro again

It was more of the same on Tuesday as the Waynesboro Maidens and Greencastle-Antrim Blue Devils staged Part II of their three matchups this season.

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By Lee Goodwin/The Record Herald

Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

By Lee Goodwin/The Record Herald

Posted Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Updated Dec 12, 2012 at 2:27 PM

By Lee Goodwin/The Record Herald

Posted Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Updated Dec 12, 2012 at 2:27 PM

WAYNESBORO — It was more of the same on Tuesday as the Waynesboro Maidens and Greencastle-Antrim Blue Devils staged Part II of their three matchups this season.

Complements of their Franklin County Tip-Off Tournament contest on Friday — won by G-A 52-17 — the Blue Devils once again capitalized on a stifling press defense and a balanced scoring attack to defeat the Maidens 54-25 in a Mid-Penn Colonial Division game.

This time, however, G-A didn't need a combined 33 points from Chloe Hoover and Katie Gelsinger. Instead, it was sophomore Jane Herman leading the team with 14 points, including three 3-pointers.

"We got some early baskets and we really spread it around," said G-A head coach Mike Rhine. "It was nice to see Jane Herman. She made some long distance jumpers, which can open things up for Katie."

On a team in which two of the most experienced players are themselves a junior (Hoover) and a sophomore (Gelsinger), G-A is looking like a team that is beginning to gel quickly. Their two early-season matchups with Waynesboro have shown that the Blue Devils are in sync, especially when executing the press off the inbounds pass in transition.

"It kind of went the way we wanted it to go," Rhine said.

And early.

While the Maidens struggled to put together passes in their half-court offense and in getting the ball down the floor against the G-A press, the Blue Devils passed the ball with relative ease and were on target from short range and long distance.

G-A made six 3-pointers, including the first basket of the game by Hoover after Gelsinger stole the ball at the other end. Herman connected on another trifecta following a pair of Waynesboro turnovers and a missed shot. Ashlynn Schaeffer made a short range jumper to make it 8-0, prompting a Maiden timeout at 4:49 of the first quarter.

Waynesboro finally got on the scoreboard with 3:23 left in the opening quarter when Dori Kozain banked a layup and made the ensuing free throw after being fouled during the shot.

"They're very quick and we don't handle the ball that well," said Waynesboro head coach Doug Stuart, whose team plays at Gettysburg on Friday night in another league game. ""We don't pass the ball extremely well. We did handle the press better than Friday night.

"We just have a lot of work to do. Mallory (Patterson) stepped up and ran the offense. Sam (Nichols) was sick today. We scored more points than Friday. We have to take small steps."

The Maidens took a small step to keep the game close when Hunter Mowen scored on a layup to make it 8-5. It was 10-7 after Kozain drained a short jumper, but the Blue Devils scored the final two baskets of the first quarter and went on an 11-0 run to start the second quarter. Freshman point guard Hannah Crist got in on the 3-point party by making one on the baseline to make it 17-7. Herman made her second of the game to increase the lead to 25-7.

Page 2 of 2 - It was 31-13 at halftime and 46-16 after three quarters of play.

Kozain led the Maidens with 10 points. Patterson finished with nine points, including a 3-pointer.

Gelsinger pulled down seven rebounds. Schaeffer had six rebounds and Hoover had five boards. Hoover also dished out five assists and Crist made seven steals.